Mythe et héros, devoir d'anglais
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Myths and heroes
a myth is an old story or legendary account often with a hero or God who translates beliefs, traditions and concern of a country or a company.
that brings a problems: why did the society create myths and heroes?
In the history of the companies there be always myths and gods or heroes that were transmitted in the course of time.
we can considered several categories of hero in these legendary accounts which are in relation to the values of the various companies:
initially there is the god in the myths Greek, the gods who control the men, like Zeus or Aphrodite and can punish them.
then there are in the Middle Ages the heroes helping by a god like Jean d'arc
in the companies more modern the gods are much less present in the accounts we can speak about the supermen with bateman, cat woman in cartoons they are heroes who have the purpose to defend the population against any attack.
but we can call heroes also people who saved many person for example the fireman during the attack of the world trade center which died to save people inside the two building.
heroes carry the value of the socitete, they are a model which influences the population like propaganda in Germany for example with the Nazis (family of two children girls and gracon), it represents an ideal.
but there exists anti-heroes who recalls in question the values of the company for example American psycho by Brest Eston elis which is a criticism of the consumer society
thus qualities and roles of the heroes change according to the periods and the companies.
and are carrying ideas and of common values has all.
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